Title: Language experience drives language understanding Abstract: The language environment is critical for language learning and vocabulary growth in children and in predicting the difficulty of processing words and sentences in adults. However, psycholinguists have…

Title: "Memory consolidation during sleep and implications for mental health". Faculty Host: Anna Schapiro URL for more information: https://www.ibp.ucla.edu/faculty/gina-poe/

Title: The role of empathy in morality: A force that can bind or blind us Abstract: Empathy can be a strong motivation for moral behavior, but its influence can also have the opposite effect. People who are concerned for the well-being of others are more likely to help, care for…

Title:"Communicating Behavior: Bottom-Up Processes of Social Influence" Abstract: This talk will begin with an analysis of interindividual processes of person perception and communication that unfold in brief verbal messages such as those on social media. I will describe…

Title: TBA Faculty Host: Sara Jaffee URL for more information: https://psych.la.psu.edu/directory/yo-jackson-professor-of-psychology